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Identifier: assassinationofunlinc (find matches)
Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral rites and ceremonies Hearses (Vehicles) Railroad cars Railroad trains
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Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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th, thecar was taken across the Potomacto the plant In which It was builtand draped for the journey to8prlngflel<^ 1 Upon Its arrival In SpringfieldiWith the remains of Mr. Lincoln, It was switched to the Chicago end, Alton yards where it remained forsome time. Afterward It was pur-chased by officials of the UnionPacific railroad and used by them, until it was considered too old.! It was then transferred to thei Colorado service of the road and) for a time was In the yards at1 Omaha. With the opening of thei first worlds fair at Chicago It was• taken to that city and shown with; other Lincoln relics near the Ull-,c\\ C\^\v DAILY ^^fg^^AZINE 18 MONDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1940 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS —By John Hix
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LINCOLNS DEATH CAR Strange as it seems, tlie luxuri-ously appointed funeral car that con-veyed assassinated President Lin-colns body from Washington toSpringfield, 111., was built by the United States Military Railroad atAlexandria, Va., to carry him toand from Civil War front lines. Thecar contained every available con-venience.An important addition to Lincolns funeral cortege was George M. Pull-mans famous Pioneer. Wider thanthe standard car of the time, thePioneers use necessitated the imme-diate widening of clearance past sta-tion platforms and bridges. j>44 iyy^.te^^«i4vi«ii

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  • bookid:assassinationofunlinc
  • bookyear:1865
  • bookdecade:1860
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Lincoln_Financial_Foundation_Collection
  • booksubject:Lincoln__Abraham__1809_1865
  • booksubject:Funeral_rites_and_ceremonies
  • booksubject:Hearses__Vehicles_
  • booksubject:Railroad_cars
  • booksubject:Railroad_trains
  • bookcontributor:Lincoln_Financial_Foundation_Collection
  • booksponsor:Friends_of_The_Lincoln_Collection_of_Indiana__Inc_
  • bookleafnumber:49
  • bookcollection:lincolncollection
  • bookcollection:americana
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